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Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

Application filed June 24, 1912, Serial No. 705,584. Renewed September 10, 1919. serial No. 322,980.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that we, VVEBSTER M.- B0B 'ERTS and PARK D. ROBERTS, citizens of the United States, residing at StfJoseph, in the county of Buchanan and State ,of Missouri, have in entedcertain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Making Ice-Cream Cones; and we do declare the following to-be' a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention,'such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make-and use the'same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of' reference marked. thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus .erably of an ornamental or trade mark design, and providing the forming cores with a smooth surface so that the baked articles as delivered fromthe molds will bear upon its exterior the impress of the corrugations of the female molds and upon its interior the plain surface impress of'the core.

In the successive steps of delivering the baked articles from the molds, the cores are first lifted. a suflicient distance relative to the molds to release the articles from the cores, the corrugations of'the mold cavities acting to retain the'articles in fixed relation to the mqlds; the opposite mold sections being then, separated to .'release the for making ice-cream cones and the principal object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for making ice cream cones' or similar pastries, comprising separable molds and a suitable core cooperatlng therewith,

means for supplying the molds with batter,

a suitable baking oven, and. operating mechanism. whereby the mold units are moved successively through the oven to effect the baking 'of the pastry products therein, the apparatus being suitably timed to cause each mold to be in transit throughthe oven the length of time required for the baking .op'eration. It isafurther object f our invention to provide means for efi'ectlve' delivery of the I baked articles from themolds. To this end unit, are made in opposite, separable units,

the'molds, or female members of the mold the core, or male member, being' in a single unit, and suitable automatic mechanism is provided for detaching or releasing the baked articles, preliminary to a trimming operation, and delivery-of the finished product from the machine.

To accomplish more efiective releasing of the baked articles from both thecores and mold cavities,. there being a tendency of the pastry to stick to the metal surfaces, we' revide. an arrangement, well known in'his art in various forrnso'fconstruction, consisting in corrugating thewalls. of the mold cavities, the corrugations consisting prefarticles frem the mold cavities, the cores, which then stand at rest with their ends projecting well into the mold ,cavities, acting inthe latter operationto release any articles which .may adhere to one orthe other of the mold "sections as the same'are moved apart.

To insure the complete cooperative 'func-..

tioning" of the male and female members of the'molds, asabove described,.in every mold-opening operat on to present the baked articles delivered therefrom in proper relation to til? cone trimming mechanism, we have provided means for strippin from the cores after the same have been ,llfted in themolds, any of the baked articles or any broken portions thereofwhich may adhere thereto, and to remove any articles which .may remain suspended between the mold sections after the same have been opened.

Thus the delivery of the baked articles in every mold-opening operation is positive and complete, and the difliculty heretofore experienced by imperfect or partial .de-

livery of the product from the molds, thus greatly interfering withthe subsequent filling, and baking operations, effectually overcome.

- The baked articles -delivered from the molds are subjected to a trimming or finishi115 operation of the upper edge of'the cones, w 'i ch is more or less-irregular as the cones come from the molds. The finished cones may then bedelivered from the machine any suitable manner.

forwarding eccentric and latch.

Fig. V is a detail view of the latch.

Fig. VI is an inverted perspective of a portion of the table, showing the latch ribs.

Fig. VII is a perspective. view of the table Stopping mechanism, showing the utilization of the table ribs and the stop latch.

Fig. VIII is a perspective view of one. of the mold ovens.

Fig. IX is a perspective view of the mold and cores without the oven casing and other parts.

Fig. X is an enlarged vertical sectioh of one end of the mold, showing a plunger, in place and illustrating the mechanism for automatically locking the mold.

.Figi XI is a vertical cross-section on the line -XI, Fig. VIII, the case being removed.

Fig. XII is an inside end view of the mold 0 ening block. 1

Fig. III is an inside end view of the mold opening mechanism.

Fig. -XIV is a perspective view of the roller lolock.-

l' ig. XV is a detail view of the roller spring.

Fig. XVI is an enlarged perspective of the table mechanism for raisingand lowerin r the rolleitblock.

ig. XVII is a detail perspective of the cam for actuating the block raising and lowerin mechanism.

Fig. VIII is a detail perspective of one of the batter nozzles.

Fig. XIX is a similar view of a batter pump showing its location in the lower corner of the tank.

Fig. XX is a detail perspective of the cam, whereby the lever that a-ctuates the batter feeding devices is operated.

Fig. XXI is adetail pers 'iective of the clutch on the cam shaft, showing a lug that actuates the deviccsfor removing the baked articles from the molds.

Fig. XXII is a side elevation of'the cone receiving slide with its chute or trimming die and swab, the parts :being in inoperative position.

Fig. XXIII isa similar view of the same parts in operative position,

Fig. XXIV is a perspective view of the cone receiving slide.

Fig. XXV is a detail perspective of the cam for actuating said slide.

Fig. XXVI is a detail perspective of the trimmin die slide.

Fig. XXVII is a detail perspective of the cam for actuating the trimming die slide.

Fig. XXVIII isa detail perspective of the swab.

Fig. XXIX is a similar view of the cam for actuating the swab.

Fig. XXX is an enlarged end view of the wick for greasing the swab.

Fig. XXXI is a detail view of the pressure rollers.

Figs. XXXII and XXXIII. respectively are detail views showing the/relative positions of the cone removing device to the cores and molds at the beginning and end of the stripping and ejecting-operation.v

Referring more. in detail to the parts:-

1 designates a skeleton frame, having a central post 2 and ribs 3 which extend radially from the central post and brace the skeleton frame. .The lower portion of the post is enlarged to form a pedestal 4. hav ing an upper bearing surface 5 for siipporting the collar (3 of a circular table T, said table comprising the con-centric spaced rings 8-9 which are supported from the central collar (3 by the ribs (3 and on rollers 10 carried by the skeleton frame.

Inasmuch as the baking operation performed with our apparatus is continuous, we provide means for stepping the table. so that the molds carried thereby may receive batter at aninitial point and then bc-carried over the heaters. The stepping mechanism. Figs". 1V. V, V] and VII. comprises downwardly facing ribs 12 onthe under face of the inner table ring 9 and a forwarding latci 13 which is pivotally mounted bet\veen" .ars 14 on a slide 15 which is carried by Jrackets 16 on the machine frame.

The lower arm of lever 13 is pivotally connected with a-pitman 17 carried -by an eccentric 18 on the cam shaft 15) which is jolirnaled on a lower cross-bar 20 of the frame 1, and is adapted for actuation from a suitable motor (not shown) through the medium of a gear wheel 21.

It is apparent thatwith this forwarder the slide will move forwardly and back for each revolution of the cam shaft and that when moved forwardly the lever will be lifted so that it will engage one of the table ribs and advance the table. whereas on the backward movement the latch will be lowered to pass beneath the ribs.

In order to hold the table firmly in a set position, we provide a. latch 23 which is pivotally mounted in a bracket 24- on the idc machine frame, and has a slot in its upper. face adapted for receiving one of the table ribs 12.

On one arm of the latch is a stop 26 which is adapted for engaging a lip. 27 on the bracket 24, and connected with the opposite .end of the latch is a rod 28- which extends through an aperture in a guide plate 29.,

and is pivotally connected at its lower end with one arm of a bell crank 30.

The bell crank 30 is pivotally mounted-in a bracket 31 on the machine frame and has an arm 32 extending into the path of a lip' 33 on the eccentric 18 which operates the table forwarding latch, so that as the eccentric starts to rock the forwarding latch to ick up the table, it will also lower the 10 ing latch to release the table to the forwarding action. 7 I 3 A spring 34 surrounds the rod 28 between the latch and the guide plate 29, so that the locking latch is always yieldingly tensioned upwardly, and the approach to the slot 25 is beveled S0 that the table ribs will ride on i and depress the lat h. to gain their seats inthe slot. A

pWith a forwarding mechanism of this character, the table is moved in a circular path 'inalternating periods of rest and travel t'oibring the molds and ovens into prplper relation with the feeding, heating releasing mechanism presently described.

- Each of the molds comprises a split carriage 37, each part having a web 38 carrying half of the mold chambers 39, of which there are anysuitable number.

At the end of each of the mold halves is plate 42 having lips 43 .attheir upper ends, in the center, inwardly facing lugs 44 and outwardly facing horizontal rails 45, the latter provided with rollers 46 near their inner edges. 1

On the upper surfaces of the top plates 41 are ribs 47'which serve as partitions to prevent material overflowin'g from any of the chambers from uniting with material froman adjacent chamber, the ribs 47 being preferably-located intermediate the chamber and of such height that they will effectually.

prevent flow of the material along the top plate, Without interfering with the operation of theplunger bar, presently described.

Mounted on the mold end plates 42 are blocks 48, having horizontal grooves49 into which the'mold rails are projected, and

having vertical grooves 50 within which the rollers 46 are exposed. -The-blocks 48 are fixed to supporting heads 52, each of'which has. an inwardly. -fncing'vertical groove 51 adapted to codpe'r? ate with the block groove 50,'and an outwardly facing horizontal rail 52 resting on the inner and outer rings of the table. I

.Each rail is. provided with apertures 53 above the cross-bar 60.

by which'itis secured to its table ring, and

has a cover fla'nge54, the latter being provided with an upstanding post Slidably mounted in the groove 51 of each end block 52 is a cam head 57fhaving an inverted V-sha-ped track 58 on its inner face, which terminates-in an upright rib 59, having a' cross-bar .60.

On the inner face, ofeach head 57 is a blockGl, which is adapted for travel in the slot 50 onthe adjacent'end block 48', and has inwardly inclined lower edges 62 spaced from and extending parallel with. the V- shaped track 58.

The track members62 are connected ov an arch 63, having grooves 64 directly above the track'portion and a socket 65 A sprlng 66 is supported onthe cross-bar, with its ends overhanging-the track standard and adapted to retreat into the grooves 64 under, pressure of the ,rollers 46 .on the ends of-the mold. v

()n the lower end of the head 57 is a shank 67, having a button 68, spaced below the lower end of the cam head and adapted to travelinto and through a slotted track .which is provided for opening the mold in a manner presently described. I I

Extending across the top of each mold is a plunger bar 79, to the under face of which are rigidly secured, preferably by screws 71, I

the mold plunger 72, there 'bcinga plunger for each mold cut 39, and the plunger bar being provided with apertures 70'intermediate the'p'lunger and which are located over ihe ribs 47, of the plate 4l,.w hen the parts. are in operation, and which serve to provide for circulation'of air through the molds.

' The bars 70 have upwardly offset ends 73' has end pins 77 journaled in-jthesides ofv the bar, is a trip 79, the outer end of the trip projecting looselythrough the aperture in the end flange 74 of the core bar and having a raised shelf 8() inside of the flange. The parts are so arranged that when the end of the trip bears against'the under surface of'the. top rail of the flange 74, the shelf will be on a level with the upper surface of said rail.

'. The shelf 80 has a guardflange .81 at its rear end, and opening through part of the shelf,'and through the end of the trip, is a downwardly beveled aperture '82, through Which the upstanding .pin '55 is projected.

A. washer 83, having a dished upper face 84. is slidahly mounted on the pin and adapted for support in a horizontal position on the shelf and the upper face of the flange 7-} when the trip is raised. or in an inclined position on the same parts when the trip is lowered.

It is apparent thatwhen the parts are in the last position. the washer will hind on the iu'istandingpin and lock the corehar thereto.

in order to confine heat within and around the mold mechanism. and form an oven thereof. we cover tlle moldand core hars with a sheet iron casting -85 the former being secured to the lugs it and to the mold end plates. and the latter being secured to the hodv of the e re har. and adapted to lit snugly over the 1) My casing. the casing 85 heing raised slightly 'ahove .the core har to form egress openings at the ends of the core har section. v

Referring now tothe mechanism for opening and closing the molds. and raising and lowering the cores 8? designates guides which are rigidly tixed on the machine frame, and 8% slides which are slidahlv mounted within the guides.

()n the upper ends of the slides HS. are heads 89. having inverted T-slots no, adapt ed for receiving the depending huttons ('8 on the vertically sliding cam hlocks 57. which are carried on tlieends oi each mold memher.

Extending through. and revoluhlv mounted in the lower ends of the slides 82s. is a. shaft 91. and fixed to each end of said shaft is a toggle arm 92. the upper end of which is pivolally comm-ted with a link 9 that is in turn pivotallv eonnm'ted with the hraeket HT which carries the slide guides HT.

Fixed on the shaft 91 is a crank arm 94. which is connected with a rearwardly facing curved track 95. hf a rod 96. The track 95 has an upturned lip 97 at its upper end. and a spring hook 98 at its lower end. for purposes presently set forth.

The curved track is located just hack of the cam shalt 15). and loose on the shaft is a collar 1(a). having apertured posts 101. through which guide rods 1052 on the track 5):) are projected, in order that the track may he held in a straight line during its driven travel.

Also iixed on the cam shaft is a crank arm 103. having a laterally projecting roller lU-l-v adapted for engaging the upturned track lip 97, and for travel on the-track U'B 'when the latter has heen moved hack h the engagement of the roller and lip suiliciently to allow the rollor to enter hen atli the lip.

1 \Vith this ineeli:misin...wlien the table has heen stepped, as heretofore described. the depending heads on the -anr slides of one moldpset enter the slots of the upturned 111 s 89. \Vhen the mold is in that position, the table stops and the cam shaft acts to revolve the arm 103 and push the curred track baeluvardly to rock the shaft 91. hreak the toggle and lift the slides 88.

The lifting of the slides lifts the 'am hlock 57 so that the V-track 58 is moved over the rollers 46 on the mold end plates. spreading the mold members apart as the rollers are spread on the V-track. the cores having heen raised in advance of the opening of the molds suhstantiallv as shown in Figs. XXXlI and XXXIII. the mold itself being held against verti ".il movement by the en gagement oi the rail 45 in the slot of the fixed end hlock is.

It is apparent that raising of the cores and opening ol the mold takes place when the cones are to he discharged. and that the cups must he closed to receive the hatter. and during the haking operation. the parts being held together hr the engagement of the rollers with the ends of the spring 66 and the upper portion of the cam track. as illus trated in full lines in Fig. XIII.

In order to lift the cores in the mold cups first to release the baked articles and, after the articles are discharged from the molds and the molds are again closed. that hatter mav heinserted into the cups. we provide the frame with a raised rail 105 which is inclined upwardly with the line of travel of the tahle and downwardly from an apex. As each successive mold reaches the inclined rail the ends of the core har trip TS) contact the upper edges ol the rails and are lifted therehy. the lift of the trip causing the projecting ends 79 to engage the core har flanges T-t and level the locking disks 83 so that continued upward travel of the trip along the rail will lift the core bar and the cores secured thereto, the bar carrying the casing section T0 with it to expose the mold cups.

\Vlien the molds are again. closed and while the cores are still in raised position the molds are brought into position for receiving hatter from the automatic mechanism provided for that purpose and which we will now describe. 1

Mounted on the upper portion of the main frame is a hatter tank 107, having cylinders 108 opening from the lower rear corner thereof, and extending inwardly within thetank. the inner portions of the cylinders ha ving open ends and having intake ports 109.

Fitting over nipples 110, on the outer ends of the cylinders, are flexible tubes 1 .1 which extend to and are connected with the nozzles 112.

A separate cylinder and nozzle set is provided for each mold cup. but as each set is identical in construction, but one will he doscrihed in detail.

Each of the nozzles has a rear ardly inclined month 113 at its lower end which is normally covered by a trip 114, having a rubber, or' like, fzi'ce', 115 bearing against the mouth to prevent the escape of batter therefrom and havinga cranked part'pivotallyi a socket 122, which is'pivotally connected with a crank arm 123 on a rod 124 which is 'ally'projectingroller 128 projected into a I actuated once during each revolution of the joli'rnal'ed at the upper rear end of the tank.

. 'The rod 124 has a crank member-125 connected with a lever 126' adjacent the cam' shaft by a link 127, said leverhaving a latercam path 129 on a cam 130 rigidly mounted on the shaft 19, so ,that'the pump piston 1s camshaft.

The bar 132 which carries the pump. nozzle is -preferably mounted in yokes 133 .which are in turn pivotally mounted on a shaft 134 journaled in arms 135-011 the machine frame, and provided with a 'crank member 136, having a rod'137 whereby the crank member is connected with a lever 1'38 pivoted on the frame, and provided with a roller 139 adapted for operative engagement with a cam track 140011 the inner face of the cam 130.

The pump and-nozzle parts are so arranged that when the nozzles are held in elevated. position the pump will be making its back stroke, and when the nozzle is lowcred into a mold cup, and opened by the engagement of the trip 119 With the top of the -mold, the pump piston will -move forwardly and i force batter which has entered the cylinder port 109 through the tube and nozzle into the mold cup.

By having a nozzle for each mold cup, and a separate'pump cylinder for each nozzle, the mold cups may be fed independently, but simultaneously, and by having all of the nozzles fixed to the" supporting bar 132' 1 they may be raised and lowered in unison. y remo-vably mounting the bar 132 in the brackets 133 all of the nozzles may be removed together, by. loosening the set screws 13.3 which hole the bar in the brackets, and

' removing the bar with :the nozzles attached It is apparent that the lowering and rais-- ing of the nozzles. may be accomplished, quickly, so that the mold cupsmay be fed without interrupting the travel of the 'mold,. and while'the coiies are at the upward limit or their travel. i5 I Inasmuch as thelinolds are hot when the batter is fed thereto, there is a tendency to raise the batteras soon as 'it comes in contact with the mold, should the cores. be

forced to their fullest extent into the mold cups before the batter has raised completely. The raising of the batter in the thin space between the core and mold cup would tend to form holes in the baked cone. To obvi ate such imperfect form, we-lower the cores gradually into the cups until they "have reached a point near-their lowestp'osition, andcarry the.parts insuch relation until the raising process has been completed, the cores being then forced to. their full seat in the cupbefore the oven mold brought to the burners.

' This action of the coresis accomplished by forming an incline 1 42, at the rear end of the incline 105and continuing said incline 142 for some distance as a settling rail 143, 'WlllCh is preferably adjuste'dat 143 and over the end' of which the trip is lowered to allow thecores to descend to their full extent into the mold cups. It is apparent that .as th e'cores-descend thetrip 78 will drop has been over the-pins 55'so'that the shelves 80 as; s'ume positions lower than the uppers'urface of the bar flanges 74-, and the lockingdisks 83 will jam on the pins to lock the r as core bars in place.

. In order to positively seat the cores, we provlde pressure rollers 144, which are.

revolnbly mounted on a frame 144, carried by the. main frame back of the batter tank,-

and are yieldingly depressed by springs 144, so that when the core bar reaches the rollers the latter force same downwardly and.

positi'vely:seat the cores. Any upward tendency of the molds will,

with the parts inthis position, lift the outer edges of the locking disk to bind same more'firmly against the pins '55 and hold the core bar down, and the cores within the cups, such locking action continuing 'until the mold has. completed a revolution with the table,- and again reached the inclined rail which raises the .core, after. first having rocked thetrip to level the locking disk. lVdth the mold supplied with batter,

as described, it is then carried over anum ber of burners 145,"which are supported be'-'- low the path of the table, and fed from a.

supply p'ipe'146, heat from the burners rising around-the mold and being confined-by. the casing, so that the heat is madeto travel over the sides and top of the mold base and core bar to heat allof the parts, finallyescaping throught'he ends of the core casing section. In, order to further secure the benefit from'the burners, we provideahood 147,

path and through whichthe'lmolds are carried to keep same h'ot after passing overthe burners and complete the baking operation. 336

As the mold'pvens complete their revohiwhich; covers" about one-half of ,theltable tion the cones have become baked and are ready to be removed from the molds. In order to remove the baked articles from the molds they are first separated from the forming cores as the core bars are elevated on the inclined tracks 105', the cores thus being raised in the mold cavities and released from the baked articles thereinQ As the mold units are further advanced they come to a position of rest above the mold opening mechanism with the head 68 of the mold cam slides 57 entered in the slot 90 of the head 89. Thereupon, the mold opening mechanism is actuated from the cam shaft 19 through the connections described and the molds are opened, the opposite sections being moved laterally relative to each other, thus releasing the baked articles from the mold cavities and permitting the same to fall from the open mold sections to the cone trimming devices underneath. However, the baked pastry has a tendency to adhere to the molds, with the result that some of the articles may be carried with one or the other of the mold sections. It also happens a t times that baked articles or portions thereof adhere to the formingcorcs when the same are lifted from the molds. Suitable mechanism is. therefore, provided to ma kc full delivery of the product in each instance of opening the molds positive so that both the cores and mold cavities are cntirely freed of the pasty articles.

To this end a core stripper and cone rcmoving device 150 is provided. being disposed above the mold units when the latter are in the position in which the product is removed therefrom. as best shown in Figs. l, ll, XXXll and XXXlll of the drawings. The cone removing device consists of a horizontally disposed frame 150 having a plurality of curved portions corresponding in number to the number of cores and molds in each series of mold units and adapted to fit the upper body portions of the cores to strip therefrom any portions of the baked articles adhering thereto and to be projected between the open 'mold sections in remove therefrom any of the articles which may be adhering to one sidc or the other of the mold cavities.

Operation of the cone removing mechanism is :u-complislu d from the cam shaft 19 by means of arms 152 from which the member 15o is suspended by links 151. the arms 15; being pivoted on a shaft 153, to one end of which is secured an arm 15:") connected by a rod 157 to one end of a pivotcd lcvcr lz'di, the oppositc end 158 of the lever 156 being in thc path of a raised por tion 15!) of a cam 16f) on'thc carn shaft 19. 'lhus, the mechanism for removing the product from the molds will be actuated once upon cach rotation of the cam shaft. therefore upon each step of :ulvanccmcnt of the mold units, the mechanism being so timed that withdrawal'of the forming cores, separation of the mold sections and introduction between the mold sections of the cone removing device will be in proper sequence.

As the mold cup opens it is located over a receiver 162, comprising a cross-bar 164,11aving an aperture 165, of the same diameter as the large end of the cone, and into which the cone is adapted to drop when released from the'mold.

The bar 164 is mounted on the upright arms 166, of a base 167, which is slidably mounted on a rod 168 which rises from a hub plate 169, that is revolubly mounted on a shaft 170 journaled in the main frame, the frame body and standards having guide members 171 adapted to slide on the end rods 168.

The slide is held in its upright position by arms 173, having laterally turned rollers 174 projected into the slots 175 of the guide plates 176, which are rigidly mounted on the frame, said slots being vertical at their upper ends and downwardly and rearwardly inclined at their lower ends, in order to vary the elevation of the slide when the latter is revolved, as will presently be described.

Each of the receiving apertures 165 in said slide opens into a chute 178, through which cones passing through the apertures are de livered to a conveyer in order to remove the cones from the machine and obviate breaking same during such delivery.

In order to break thefall from the chute to the conveyor, we provide a stop member 17$), comprising a wire rod, having an end turned into the chute, and a body member extending laterally, so that when the chute tips forwardly with the receiving slide, said body will strike a brace 181, or the like, on the main frame, and rock the stop out of the path of cones within the chute.

The slide is rocked by means of a bracket 18;, having a link 183 connecting same with a lever 184, pivotally mounted on the frame and having a roller 185 projected into a cam path 186. on a cam 187, fixed to the -am shaft 1!), so that as the shaft revolves the slide is moved bai'ckwardly and lowered through its connection with the guide 176, to bring the upper end of the slide beneath a trimming die which, when lowered, cuts the fin from the top of the cone and forces the cone through the slide aperture. into the delivery chute. i

The die member just mentioned comprises a slide frame 185). which is mounted on an inclined shaft 190, fixed to the frame by means of collars 191. and has guide sleeves 192 for fitting over the receiving slide rods 168 when the latter have moved beneath the last named slide.

The trimmer carries a die member 193 for each receiving aperture of the receiving member, which is adapted to lower over the aperture and cut the fins from thecones and start the cones into the chute.

. The trimmer slide is a'ctuated from a lever for travel over a rod 200 carried by the relocated withinthe. tank and its other edge ceiving slide hub and-plate 169, and connected with the receiving slide red by a brace 202, the swab slidecomprising an aperture 203 for each plunger, and fixed in the aperturesare upstanding wires. 204 carrying a mat 205 of wool, or the like, adapted for projection over its relative core when the slide is lifted. i a .The slide is operated from a lever 206 which, in turn, is operated from a cam 207 fixed on the camshaft l9 and arranged so that when a receiving slide is moved beneath the trimmer, theswab slide will be lifted to move the swabs overthe. core The swabs are supplied by a wick 209,

which is carried by a tank 210, arranged above the rear positionof the swab, so that the latter will bear thereagain'st, except when moved forwardly to perform its funtion, the \Vl(l preferably hiivingone edge fixed-to the bottom of the tank, so that grease, orthe like, istake'n up by the wick and carried to a position for transfer-to the swab. V

Briefly describingthe operationof the machine. presuming the parts .to be assembled as descr1bed,..and each mold andother unit to comprise duplicate parts for carrying and treating a number of cones simultaneously, and starting with the mold closed. and the cores elevated, the mold is carried beneath the feeding nozzles sothat when the latter-are rocked, theirends will enter the top of the mold cups and deliver batter thereto.

g The nozzles are withdrawn immediately after the batter has been delivered and the cores are then gradually loweredinto the cups, giving the batter'time torise before the annular space is reduced to its. final.

width. n p

After the batter has had time to-rise, the

cores are completely lowered and the core bar locked'by the disk 83 to hold "the mold parts firmly together during the baking op-' eration.

1 Further revolution er the 'tabl'theh at ries the mold over'the burners so that heat rises within the casing and in I passing around the mold escapes through 'the en of the core bar casing, the mold meanwhile having entered the hood'through which it travels while the baking action is continued;

As the mold again approaches the 'initial position, the mold is opened, the plunger bar is lifted, and the 'cones .stripped from the cores and forced downwardly between delivered into the chute,

formed on the upper edges. The receiving slide is then moved rearwardly and'beneath the trimmer, and the trimmer dies lowered over the recelving.

the separated molds into the-apertures of the receiving slide through which they are if no fi-nshave apertures to cut the fins from any of the" cones-which have been caught in the slide apertures and force said cones down through the apertures intothe chute.

When the receiving slide is moved backwardly the swab iscarried therewith to a point below the cores and raised through the mold cups to Contact the cores and apply grease thereto.

It is apparent thata suitable conveyer may be provided for carrying off the cones provided with'any suitable nun'ioer of molds and' that each mold unit may consist of a number of individual cups and duplicated partsas'the table-travels by steps and the rvariou s operations may be performed suceessively on different molds, as they'reach the proper positions. 1 7 e ile'we have described our apparatus as adapted for making ice cream cones, its adaptability for'use .11 making casseroles, or'

other pastry containers, is obvious.

} aving thus described our invention. what We claim as new therein, and desire tosecure byLetters-Patent, is

.1. A cone making machine comprisingsectional molds adapted for 'travel in a fixed path, means for supplying material to the. mold cups, plungersadapted for automatic projection into the cups. means. for opening the molds and separate means for removing the plungers, and means i for strippingifinished cones from the plungers. j In a, cone making machine, a traveling support, a split mold carried by the support, a vertically grooved head on said support, a slideadapted for travel in said head,

converging tracks on said slide,-,a blockfixed on the head-andhavinga vertical delivered thereto from the delivery chute. It-is also apparent that the'table may be groove facing the head groove ,anda horizontal groove facing the mold, rails on the mold members projected into the horizontal block groove, rollers on said rails projecting into thevertical block grooves and engaging the track, and means for 'recip'rocating-theslide, for the pu'rposeset forth. 1. 

